Regional differences in cystine accumulation point to a sutural delivery pathway to the lens core

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1253-1260

  Li, Ling ^a   Lim, Julie ^a   Jacobs, Marc D ^a   Kistler, Joerg ^b   Donaldson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CYSTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL LABELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROTECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER MICROSCOPY; LENS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 34047265311     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0861     Document Type: Article

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